1998 Bulgarian Cup Final

1998 Bulgarian Cup Final
Event	1997–98 Bulgarian Cup
Date	May 13, 1998
Venue	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Man of the Match	Doncho Donev
Referee	Markus Merk (Germany)
Attendance	50,000
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Bulgarian Cup Final was played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on May 13, 1998, and was contested between the sides of CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia.^[1] The match was won by Levski Sofia, thus they achieved their 20th national cup.^[2]

Route to the Final[]

CSKA		Round	Levski
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Rodopa Smolyan	1–0 away	Round of 32		4–0 away
Botev Plovdiv	0–0 away; 2–0 home	Round of 16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	4–1 away; 2–0 home
Slavia Sofia	1–1 away; 4–2 home	Quarter-finals	Velbazhd Kyustendil	2–0 home; 1–2 away
Litex Lovech	1–3 home; 3–0 away	Semi-finals	Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1 away; 3–2 home

Match[]

Details[]

13 May 1998

18:00 EEST

CSKA Sofia	0–5	Levski Sofia
		Todorov 14' Aleksandrov 32' Donev 48' G. Ivanov 72' Yordanov 90' (o.g.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

CSKA

Levski


CSKA:
GK	1	Radostin Stanev
DF	2	Emil Kremenliev
DF	5	Dobromir Mitov		55'
DF	6
DF	11	Georgi Yordanov
MF	3	Milen Petkov
MF	4	Krasimir Chomakov
MF	8	Stiliyan Petrov		26'
MF	10	Boncho Genchev	34'	52'
FW	7	Emil Kostadinov (c)
FW	9	Petar Zhabov
Substitutes:
GK	12
FW	13	Martin Petrov
DF	14			55'
FW	15	Ivaylo Andonov		52'
MF	16			26'
DF	17	Ivan Paskov
FW	18	Hristo Stoichkov
Manager:
Petar Zehtinski


Levski:
GK	1	Dimitar Ivankov
DF	2	Vladimir Ivanov
DF	4	Milen Radukanov
DF	5	Ivan Vasilev
DF	10	Nikolay Todorov (c)
MF	6	Vladimir Yonkov	37'
MF	7	Viktorio Pavlov		29'
MF	8	Aleksandar Aleksandrov		69'
FW	3	Doncho Donev
FW	9	Georgi Ivanov
FW	11	Georgi Borisov		81'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Georgi Sheytanov
MF	13
DF	14
MF	15	Asen Nikolov		69'
FW	16	Iliyan Simeonov		81'
DF	18	Veselin Vachev
MF	21	Yordan Marinov		29'
Manager:
Mihail Valchev

References[]

^ "Левски 5:0 ЦСКА 1998" (in Bulgarian). levskifanclub.ovo.bg.
^ ""Подаръкът" на Левски за 50-годишнината на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 19 November 2012.

[1] "Левски 5:0 ЦСКА 1998" (in Bulgarian). levskifanclub.ovo.bg.

[2] ""Подаръкът" на Левски за 50-годишнината на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 19 November 2012.

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v t Bulgarian Cup
Previous names: Tsar's Cup (1938–1942) Soviet Army Cup (1945–1982)
Seasons	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958–59 1959–60 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
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v t 1997–98 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 5, Group D) Hristo Bonev

v t CSKA Sofia matches
Bulgarian Cup finals	1949 1950 1951 1954 1955 1961 1965 1966 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1997 1998 1999 2002 2004 2005 2006 2011 2016 2020 2021
Bulgarian Supercup matches	1989 2005 2006 2008 2011 ~~2016~~ 2021
Cup of the Soviet Army finals	1985 1990

v t PFC Levski Sofia matches
Bulgarian Cup Finals	1942 1946 1947 1949 1950 1953 1956 1957 1959 1965 1967 1969 1970 1971 1974 1976 1977 1979 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2013 2015 2018
Bulgarian Supercups	2005 2006 2007 2009
Cup of the Soviet Army finals	1988

1998 Bulgarian Cup Final

Contents

Route to the Final[]

Match[]

Details[]

See also[]

References[]